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12 Jun 2026
What CISA's new remediation directive means for CISOs
CISA's updated directive for federal agencies compresses mandatory patching timelines to just three days for high-risk flaws, urging practitioners to 'patch smarter, not harder.'
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12 Jun 2026
Adobe releases Coworker marketing orchestration 'super agent'
Meet "Coworker," Adobe's answer to multi-agentic marketing workflows.
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12 Jun 2026
It's time to update incident response for the AI era
Your latest cybersecurity incident might not be a threat actor, but an internal AI agent doing what it's authorized to do. Incident response must evolve to accommodate AI.
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05 May 2026
Tech industry slowly dropping DEI efforts, finds Harvey Nash survey
The tech diversity push in the UK is dropping, despite workers claiming good workplace efforts
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05 May 2026
IBM: Enterprise AI to shift from ‘light bulb’ to ‘electric motor’ era
Enterprises are set to make productivity gains as business shifts from point use cases for artificial intelligence to orchestrated, policy-driven deployment of agentic AI, says IBM CEO
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05 May 2026
‘They protect the law while breaking it’: Inside Europol’s shadow IT system
Under pressure to deliver in the fight against serious cross-border crime, Europol built and operated a shadow data analysis platform containing large volumes of sensitive information, which operated without key legal and technical safeguards
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05 May 2026
Google’s Agentic Data Cloud to power ‘systems of action’
As enterprises move from reactive analytics to AI agents, Google Cloud’s data chief details new metadata, cross-cloud and database tools to help them govern and scale AI agents
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05 May 2026
CSA: Take AI cyber threats to the boardroom
Current cyber risk assumptions may no longer be valid given the speed of advanced AI, warns the chief executive of Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency
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05 May 2026
IBM Bob AI coding agent ships, HashiCorp AIOps previewed
IBM Bob adds a new kind of interface for IBM systems as the vendor begins integrating AI automation components from multiple acquisitions.
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04 May 2026
UK’s NCSC warns of ‘wave of patches’
Vulnerability discovery and mitigation continues to exercise the top minds at Britain’s NCSC as cyber experts continue to debate the impact of frontier AI models such as Mythos
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04 May 2026
Bridging the gap: Legacy tools gain enterprise AI support
Getting AI to work reliably in production requires not just new tools, but integration with the legacy tools that still run critical systems of record at many large companies.
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04 May 2026
ANZ enterprises turn to AI for customer and employee insights
At Qualtrics Experience Live in Sydney, leaders from Zip Co, Fonterra, Swyftx and Commonwealth Bank shared how AI is accelerating research, breaking down data silos and turning feedback into measurable business value
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04 May 2026
ANZ enterprises turn to AI for customer and employee insights
At Qualtrics Experience Live in Sydney, leaders from Zip Co, Fonterra, Swyftx and Commonwealth Bank shared how AI is accelerating research, breaking down data silos and turning feedback into measurable business value
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04 May 2026
How Australian firms are using AI in customer experience
Local tech leaders from MYOB, Guzman y Gomez, and Aware Super reveal how AI is reshaping customer experience, streamlining business operations and driving efficiency
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01 May 2026
IAM tools help Oracle Red Bull Racing keep pace with strict F1 regulations
Oracle Red Bull Racing massively improved the efficiency of its aerodynamics testing procedures after implementing new identity technology from 1Password. Learn more about this unlikely link
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01 May 2026
Scottish government publishes AI guidance for schools
Scotland has issued national guidance on the use of AI in the country’s schools, aiming to support safe use of the technology for teachers and pupils
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01 May 2026
Weekly news roundup: Musk vs. Altman, Google’s Pentagon AI deal, China and EU hit Meta
Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.
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01 May 2026
Microsoft pitches introduction of 365 E7 as a channel opportunity
Microsoft’s 365 E7 mixes per-seat and consumption models to provide coverage of user activity levels in the AI era
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01 May 2026
MHRA appoints CDTO
The regulator has hired Jason Bonander as its chief digital and technology officer (CDTO) to help deliver its five-year strategy
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01 May 2026
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at Restore Technology, Westcon-Comstor, Nebula Global Services, Creative ITC, Pax8 and Apogee
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01 May 2026
Cyber experts take an optimistic view of AI-powered hacking
During the annual CETaS showcase in London, experts discussed the potential cyber risk of tools such as Claude Mythos
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30 Apr 2026
Almost half of UK businesses hit by cyber attacks
The government’s annual cyber security report reveals UK businesses are still struggling with the impact of attacks and breaches
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30 Apr 2026
Artificial intelligence powers Egypt’s USD 27bn city project
Backed by Talaat Moustafa Group, the development aims to fuse digital twin infrastructure, edge AI and data-driven economic planning to create a scalable smart city model
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30 Apr 2026
Meta ramps up AI spend as it pushes advanced models
The owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram needs to monetise its AI research and development. Expect breakthroughs later this year, it says
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30 Apr 2026
Global study reveals biggest risks of AI in finance sector
University of Cambridge study reveals the risks facing the finance sector as it adopts artificial intelligence
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30 Apr 2026
Version 1 and Integris hit the acquisition trial
Channel consolidation continues with managed service players adding more geographical coverage and expertise
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30 Apr 2026
Microsoft explains value of E7 usage-based pricing
While the headline figure is its cloud growth, the company is making big changes to software licensing
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30 Apr 2026
Cloud revenues up 35% YoY in a hot market that’s accelerating
Synergy Research figures put Q1 cloud revenues at $129bn. Meanwhile, AWS, Microsoft and Google have 63% of the world market, which shows an acceleration delta of 13%
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30 Apr 2026
AI is widening the asymmetry between attackers and defenders
As threat actors leverage AI to launch attacks at machine speed, cyber defenders must adopt an assumed breach mindset and prioritise breach containment
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30 Apr 2026
India aims for the stars with orbital datacentres
As terrestrial datacentres face severe power and cooling constraints, space-based facilities promise unlimited solar energy and low latency for AI inferencing, provided the industry can overcome challenges
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30 Apr 2026
Umbrella companies not working for IT contractors, survey finds
IT skills market impacted as contractors forced to use umbrellas or opt out altogether, while tax compliance remains deeply uncertain, with late payments and payslip inaccuracy rife
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29 Apr 2026
IT workers say AI is making their jobs more demanding
As workflows adapt to a shifting technological landscape, IT professionals risk being overwhelmed by ‘AI brain-fry’
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29 Apr 2026
MPs call on UK government to learn from central bank’s IT project success story
Members of a parliamentary committee want the wider government to learn from success of Bank of England project
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29 Apr 2026
HSBC collaborates on noisy qubit real-world application
Researchers have demonstrated that usable results for financial modelling are achievable even on current noisy quantum computers
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29 Apr 2026
Rebrand ushers in O2 Business
O2 Daisy gets a fresh name, but the ambition to reduce technology complexity for users remains
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29 Apr 2026
MP committees to double up on Capita’s civil service pension crisis
Parliamentary committees to hold joint hearing to investigate the problems experienced in Civil Service Pension Scheme
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29 Apr 2026
Vernon Building Society uses AI to amplify human touch
Century-old mutual society is using artificial intelligence to bring mortgage processing onto a single platform
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29 Apr 2026
DP World Tour Europe selects HCLTech for ‘total shop window rebuild’
Sports association signs up Indian IT firm as global partner as it rebuilds its website and fan app in the ‘era of AI’
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29 Apr 2026
Monday.com targets third wave of AI with OpenClaw service
The work management software firm’s Globster service brings OpenClaw to consumers and businesses in a bid to democratise access to agentic AI capabilities
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28 Apr 2026
WhatsApp’s encryption protects servers but leaves users exposed to client-side attacks
The use of encryption helps to secure WhatsApp’s infrastructure, but researchers at Black Hat Asia warn platform’s architecture is driving hackers to target user devices directly
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28 Apr 2026
Court of Appeal rejects Post Office Capture case delay request
Three convictions based on the Capture system have reached the Court of Appeal, which has rejected the Post Office’s request to delay its response, advancing long-awaited justice for affected subpostmasters
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28 Apr 2026
Vect ransomware actually destructive wiper malware
Analysis of a form of ransomware called Vect has uncovered a serious flaw that breaks its core functionality and turns it from a locker to a wiper
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28 Apr 2026
UK data watchdog accused of dragging feet on eVisa investigation
Despite longstanding data protection issues with the Home Office’s electronic visa system being flagged five months ago, the UK’s data regulator is yet to take any action
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28 Apr 2026
Liz Kendall talks up work with ‘middle power nations’ on sovereign tech
The technology secretary speaks about the importance of forging alliances to make UK tech more resilient to geopolitical pressure
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28 Apr 2026
Zero waste drives datacentre sustainability shift in UAE
Khazna’s DXB8 becomes the first datacentre globally certified for zero waste, highlighting how circular operations are emerging alongside power, cooling and AI infrastructure as a core design priority
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28 Apr 2026
Lloyds Bank compensates another 1,625 customers after ‘alarming’ data breach
Bank pays out compensation to more customers and reveals expansion of affected group
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28 Apr 2026
Government funds self-learning AI company
The £500m UK government Sovereign AI Unit co-invests with the British Business Bank to help AI company Ineffable Intelligence create self-learning algorithms
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27 Apr 2026
Was Capita’s Royal Mail pension contract a botch too far?
The Cabinet Office’s decision to end Capita’s contract to administer the Royal Mail pension follows heavy criticism of the supplier’s work on the civil service pension contract
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27 Apr 2026
DSIT gets sums badly wrong on AI datacentre carbon footprint
Government revises July 2025 projections for AI-driven datacentre carbon footprint upwards by around 100x, but Carbon Brief suggests the numbers could be much higher still
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27 Apr 2026
Almost 90% of women leave tech industry within 10 years
Women aren’t staying in the tech sector for longer than 10 years, but may come back after leaving if the circumstances are right for their return
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26 Apr 2026
Black Hat Asia: Privacy and cyber security are inseparable
The separation of privacy and security is no longer tenable in a world where exposed personal data is increasingly the entry point for major cyber incidents, delegates at Black Hat Asia 2026 were told
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26 Apr 2026
UKtech50 2026 – help us find the most influential people in UK IT
Computer Weekly’s annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK technology is on – let us know who you would like to nominate for this year's list
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24 Apr 2026
Wiz founder: Hack yourself with AI, before the bad guys do
At Google Cloud Next, Wiz co-founder Yinon Costica called on security defenders to use AI to steal a march on threat actors, and launched agentic capabilities for cyber teams
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24 Apr 2026
London Marathon runners get AI to go the extra mile
TCS has launched an artificial intelligence-powered digital mapping tool to help runners and spectators lessen the stress and find the fun during the 2026 London Marathon
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24 Apr 2026
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at Target Components, Everpure, Also, Peer Software, Brother UK and ISACA
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24 Apr 2026
Defining value is key to unlocking fresh MSP business, says Kaseya
Kaseya research into the managed services highlights the main challenges faced by MSPs, with one of the vendor’s channel leads discussing how these problems can be overcome
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24 Apr 2026
Weekly news roundup: Tim Cook exits Apple, Meta layoffs intensify and Anthropic investigates Claude
Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.
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24 Apr 2026
Computacenter updates on solid Q1
Firm issues trading statement that reveals it has started 2026 well and is confident it can maintain momentum
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24 Apr 2026
UAE targets agentic AI to power half of government operations
With a two-year target to move 50% of government sectors, services and operations to agentic artificial intelligence, the UAE is positioning autonomous systems as the next phase of digital government
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24 Apr 2026
Government should drop Capita from civil service scheme after it loses Royal Mail role, says union
Union representing civil servants said that when outsourcing suppliers fail, they should be dropped
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23 Apr 2026
Agentic AI speeds up mainframe modernisation, but human experts remain key
Agentic AI tools are helping organisations overcome Cobol skills shortages and untangle legacy infrastructure, but successful modernisation still requires an expert in the loop to manage complexity
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23 Apr 2026
FairPrice to roll out AI-powered smart carts to more stores
Shoppers can expect smart carts that slash checkout times to just 36 seconds, while supermarket staff will get an AI sidekick to automate daily operations
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23 Apr 2026
Merck, Home Depot tap Gemini Enterprise for AI agent development
Blue chips will expand use of Gemini Enterprise AI agents on a revamped platform, but how far its appeal will extend beyond the Google Cloud user base remains to be seen.
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23 Apr 2026
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform adds 'connective tissue' to Vertex AI
Gemini Enterprise expands multi-agent orchestration, data management and security features, flexing Google Cloud's infrastructure muscle.
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23 Apr 2026
Digital twin of athlete’s heart to demonstrate future of healthcare
IT services firm opens a window to the future of healthcare and physical training as tech advancements converge
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23 Apr 2026
AI adoption is rapid but many stuck at basic levels, says AWS
The UK could unlock £35bn of productivity – equivalent to the economy of Manchester – if organisations can move from basic use of AI to productive, often agentic, modes of working
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23 Apr 2026
Using AI to manage insider risk amid Middle East conflict
As geopolitical tensions reshape the cyber threat landscape across the region, organisations are turning to artificial intelligence-driven behaviour analytics, investigative automation and monitoring of AI agents to detect insider risk faster and strengthen operational resilience
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22 Apr 2026
Bunnings shows off AI shopping agent at Google showcase
The Australian hardware chain has gone from digital laggard to e-commerce pioneer, teaming up with Google Cloud to launch a conversational AI assistant that turns simple queries into DIY project plans
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22 Apr 2026
New Google TPUs multiply AI infrastructure efficiency
Google's new TPUs assault AI's 'memory wall,' slash AI inference latency and lower costs, setting up its enterprise cloud services to compete on price and power efficiency.
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22 Apr 2026
Interview: Critical local infrastructure is missing link in UK cyber resilience
Jonathan Lee, director of cyber strategy at Trend AI, argues for more focus on local and municipal cyber resilience
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22 Apr 2026
Government terminates Capita’s Royal Mail pension contract
Contract termination comes as Capita’s failings in a separate government pension scheme hit the headlines
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22 Apr 2026
Lloyds Register evaluates AI-based nautical navigation
Lloyds Register assessment used a computer vision system to identify and categorise complex navigation scenarios, working in conjunction with human crew
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22 Apr 2026
Managed services demand drives Advania growth
Firm lifts the lid on last year’s financial performance, with its ability to serve public and private sectors emerging as a key advantage
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22 Apr 2026
Microsoft faces court battle in £2bn Windows Server class action
The Competition Appeal Tribunal has allowed the unfair licensing case against Microsoft to go ahead
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22 Apr 2026
UK government beats drum for fintech industry at Fintech Week
UK government announces open banking strategies during London Fintech Week, including regulation and £1m investment
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22 Apr 2026
Google launches Gemini Agent Platform, eighth-generation TPUs
With more AI agents moving to production, Google Cloud is targeting governance, multi-cloud data architecture and purpose-built silicon to help enterprises orchestrate agentic workflows
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22 Apr 2026
Egypt targets nearshore IT outsourcing market as global demand shifts
Talent scale, cost advantage and AI capability position Egypt as an alternative to Eastern Europe in evolving sourcing strategies
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22 Apr 2026
A tsunami of flaws: When frontier AI and Patch Tuesday collide
Microsoft’s April Patch Tuesday drop was the second-largest in history, falling just shy of an October 2025 record. What is behind the spike in vulnerability disclosures, and is there a connection to Anthropic’s bug-hunting Claude Mythos AI model?
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22 Apr 2026
Blackbox replaces two racks of HPE storage with 8U of Everpure
UK-based IaaS ‘sovereign’ provider, with multiple public sector-facing clients, replaced end-of-life 3PAR arrays with FlashArray storage that saw it reduce power consumption by 85%
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21 Apr 2026
More finance firms join FCA’s AI testing initiative
Barclays, Experian and UBS join the FCA’s live AI testing initiative, exploring cutting-edge technologies like agentic AI and SLMs to ensure safe, responsible innovation in UK financial markets
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21 Apr 2026
Sans Institute preps live systems for Nato cyber exercise
Cyber training body the Sans Institute is preparing live power generation IT and OT systems for Nato’s annual Locked Shields blue team exercise, which this year appears more relevant than ever
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21 Apr 2026
MSPs must get customers ready for AI
There is a real appetite for artificial intelligence, but many businesses don’t know where to start with it, which is where the channel comes in
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21 Apr 2026
‘Platitudes’ hide struggle as Post Office scandal redress scheme closing date announced
Scheme for group that took the Post Office to court and exposed the widest miscarriage of justice in history to be completed by the year’s end
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21 Apr 2026
Danish logistics giant under pressure to rush world’s largest IT integration
The emergence of AI-driven competition has lit a fire beneath global logistics firm DSV, while it is distracted with integrating the global IT systems of a €14bn merger and trying to get its finances back to full health
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21 Apr 2026
Middle East CIOs move from cloud-first to sovereign-first in a high-risk digital era
As artificial intelligence scales and regulatory pressure intensifies, resilience – not cost – is becoming the defining metric of enterprise technology strategy, says Nischal Kapoor, chief revenue officer at e& enterprise
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20 Apr 2026
Singapore pushes for global standard to test generative AI
The proposed standard aims to ensure trustworthy AI by standardising benchmarking and red teaming methodologies, as IMDA’s chief urges faster action on global rules
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20 Apr 2026
Business leaders marked down on AI workforce strategy
Research from Accenture has found that while workers feel their jobs will change, employers are less likely to invest in workforce transition
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20 Apr 2026
Scottish Labour’s 2026 manifesto vows to upskill and invest in tech
Ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliament Election, Labour promises digital and tech NHS funding worth £680m, ‘digital playgrounds’ and to create a digital skills passport
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20 Apr 2026
Scientists map coral reefs off northern Australia
Researchers have mapped a previously uncharted network of coral and rocky reefs hidden in the murky coastal waters of Australia’s north, without ever setting foot on a boat
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17 Apr 2026
Surging CVE disclosures force NIST to shake up workflows
NIST announces big changes to the way it categorises and manages CVEs, which are set to have a big impact on how organisations manage patching and remediation
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17 Apr 2026
North Korean social engineering campaign targets MacOS users
A MacOS-focused social engineering campaign orchestrated by North Korea-based threat actor Sapphire Sleet has been exposed by Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Unit
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17 Apr 2026
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments of note this week from Kaseya, Azul, PFU, Gartner, 10ZiG Technology, Veeam Software and Medallia
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17 Apr 2026
Bank cyber teams on red alert as Anthropic promises them Mythos next week
Artificial intelligence supplier promises UK banks opportunity to review AI model, which has already revealed thousands of security flaws
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17 Apr 2026
UK government seeks collaborators for AI tutoring tools for schools
To build on plans to introduce AI tutoring tools in schools, the UK government is searching for companies to develop educational resources
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17 Apr 2026
GTDC: Distribution key to AI success
If artificial intelligence tools and services are going to grow, distribution with its delivery and enablement skills is going to be a significant part of the equation
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17 Apr 2026
Capita lacked ‘detail and thoroughness’ in planning botched Civil Service Pension Scheme takeover
CEO of former civil service pension administrator claims Capita’s pre-takeover processes were inadequate
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16 Apr 2026
CyberUK 2026: UK lagging on legal protections for cyber pros
Ahead of next week’s CyberUK conference, the CyberUp Campaign for reform of the UK’s hacking laws urges the government to keep focus and proposes a four-pillar framework that would protect cyber professionals from prosecution
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16 Apr 2026
Interview: Bernhard Seiser, vice-president of digital, data and IT, AOP Health
With long experience of tech in the life sciences sector, AOP’s digital leader is building a foundation for further data insights in all areas of the business
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16 Apr 2026
Finance regulators to address AI risks after MPs say they are ‘not doing enough’
After a Treasury committee stated that public and finance systems are ‘exposed to potential serious harm’ from AI because regulators are ‘not doing enough’ to manage risks, finance regulators say they will take action to address concerns
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16 Apr 2026
Redsquid and Axians UK hitting acquisition trail
The channel players have been busy sealing deals that will enhance their positions in a competitive market
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16 Apr 2026
Dubai rolls out AI training for 50,000 government staff
An initiative under Digital Dubai, in partnership with government HR and AI bodies, reflects the wider UAE strategy to embed artificial intelligence across public services, workforce development and economic diversification plans
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16 Apr 2026
How the AI boom is reshaping tech cost management
FinOps practitioners are stepping up to manage AI expenses, optimise token usage and align cost-saving measures with sustainability goals to improve returns from AI investments
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16 Apr 2026
UAE education builds digital resilience as regional tensions accelerate shift to remote learning
Ankabut CEO Tarek Jundi outlines how national infrastructure, AI-driven platforms and distance-learning capabilities are helping schools and universities maintain continuity amid geopolitical uncertainty
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15 Apr 2026
Edge and physical AI poised to upend enterprise networks
Just as the enterprise is wrapping its mind around scaling AI in data centers, another seismic shift is emerging on the outskirts of corporate networks.